Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics. 112 athletes, 79 men and 33 women participated in 11 sports. Germany came third in the medal rankings with 9 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals. The biathlete Mark Kirchner was Germany's flagbearer under the opening ceremony.

Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	GER
NOC	German Olympic Sports Confederation
Website	www.dosb.de (in German, English, and French)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	112 (79 men, 33 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Mark Kirchner (biathlon)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 9 Silver 7 Bronze 8 Total 24
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
United Team of Germany (1956–1964)  East Germany (1968–1988)  West Germany (1968–1988)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Georg Hackl	Luge	Men's singles	14 February
Gold	Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	Biathlon	Men's relay	15 February
Gold	Markus Wasmeier	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	17 February
Gold	Katja Seizinger	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	19 February
Gold	Jens Weißflog	Ski jumping	Large hill individual	20 February
Gold	Jens Weißflog Dieter Thoma Hansjörg Jäkle Christof Duffner	Ski jumping	Large hill team	22 February
Gold	Markus Wasmeier	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February
Gold	Claudia Pechstein	Speed skating	Women's 5000 metres	25 February
Gold	Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig	Bobsleigh	Four-man	27 February
Silver	Susi Erdmann	Luge	Women's singles	16 February
Silver	Frank Luck	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 February
Silver	Ricco Groß	Biathlon	Men's sprint	23 February
Silver	Anke Baier	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres	23 February
Silver	Martina Ertl	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February
Silver	Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	Biathlon	Women's relay	25 February
Silver	Gunda Niemann	Speed skating	Women's 5000 metres	25 February
Bronze	Claudia Pechstein	Speed skating	Women's 3000 metres	17 February
Bronze	Uschi Disl	Biathlon	Women's individual	18 February
Bronze	Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Luge	Doubles	18 February
Bronze	Franziska Schenk	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres	19 February
Bronze	Sven Fischer	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 February
Bronze	Gunda Niemann	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	21 February
Bronze	Dieter Thoma	Ski jumping	Normal hill individual	25 February
Bronze	Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach	Bobsleigh	Four-man	27 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	6	8	14
Biathlon	5	4	9
Bobsleigh	12	–	12
Cross-country skiing	5	0	5
Figure skating	4	6	10
Freestyle skiing	1	4	5
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	7	3	10
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	7	8	15
Total	79	33	112

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Tobias Barnerssoi	Super-G				DNF
	Giant slalom	1:29.96	1:24.53		2:54.49	15
	Combined	1:40.56	52.23	49.70	3:22.49	14
Bernhard Bauer	Slalom	DNF			DNF
Armin Bittner	Slalom	DNF			DNF
Peter Roth	Slalom	1:01.84	DNF		DNF
Hansjörg Tauscher	Downhill				1:47.30	25
	Super-G				1:34.71	21
Markus Wasmeier	Downhill				1:48.53	36
	Super-G				1:32.53
	Giant slalom	1:28.71	1:23.75		2:52.46
	Combined	1:39.04	DNS		DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Martina Ertl	Downhill				1:37.10	4
	Giant slalom	1:21.34	1:10.85		2:32.19
	Slalom	1:01.23	58.42		1:59.65	14
	Combined	1:29.38	50.98	48.42	3:08.78	5
Hilde Gerg	Super-G				1:23.63	18
	Giant slalom	1:21.00	DNF		DNF
	Slalom	1:02.48	DNF		DNF
	Combined	1:29.02	52.14	48.94	3:10.10	8
Michaela Gerg-Leitner	Super-G				1:25.19	31
Katrin Gutensohn	Downhill				1:38.14	18
	Super-G				1:22.84	6
Christina Meier-Höck	Giant slalom	1:22.02	1:13.20		2:35.22	11
Edda Mutter	Slalom	DNF			DNF
Katja Seizinger	Downhill				1:35.93
	Super-G				DNF
	Giant slalom	1:21.62	DNF		DNF
	Combined	1:27.28	DNF		DNF
Miriam Vogt	Downhill				1:37.86	12
	Slalom	DNF			DNF
	Combined	1:29.61	51.24	49.29	3:10.14	9

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Sven Fischer	10 km sprint	29:16.0	1	7
	20 km individual	57:41.9	2
Ricco Groß	10 km sprint	28:13.0	0
Mark Kirchner	10 km sprint	29:51.7	2	12
	20 km individual	59:16.4	4	7
Frank Luck	10 km sprint	29:09.7	2	6
	20 km individual	57:28.7	3
Jens Steinigen	20 km individual	58:18.1	2	5
Ricco Groß Frank Luck Mark Kirchner Sven Fischer	4 × 7.5 kilometres relay	1:30:22.1	0

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Pen.	Rank
Petra Schaaf	7.5 km sprint	26:33.6	2	5
	15 km individual	54:52.9	5	15
Uschi Disl	7.5 km sprint	27:04.1	2	13
	15 km individual	53:15.3	3
Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm	7.5 km sprint	26:46.5	3	8
	15 km individual	58:06.5	7	36
Antje Harvey	7.5 km sprint	27:46.5	3	26
	15 km individual	54:12.4	3	9
Uschi Disl Antje Harvey Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm Petra Schaaf	4× 7.5 km relay	1:51:16.5	6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Sepp Dostthaler Bogdan Musioł	Two-man	53.02	53.48	53.10	53.24	3:32.84	12
Rudi Lochner Markus Zimmermann	Two-man	52.74	53.09	52.76	53.19	3:31.78	4
Harald Czudaj Karsten Brannasch Olaf Hampel Alexander Szelig	Four-man	51.67	51.88	52.07	52.16	3:27.78
Wolfgang Hoppe Ulf Hielscher René Hannemann Carsten Embach	Four-man	51.82	51.91	52.14	52.14	3:28.01

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Start	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Jochen Behle	10 km classical					25:29.4	11
	15 km free pursuit	+01:09	11	38:03.1	17	+3:23.3	14
	50 km classical					DNF
Johann Mühlegg	10 km classical					25:50.6	17
	15 km free pursuit	+01:30	17	36:42.1	5	+2:22.4	8
	30 km free					1:15:42.8	9
Janko Neuber	10 km classical					27:27.4	61
	15 km free pursuit	+03:07	61	38:12.6	21	+5:30.8	35
	30 km free					1:19:57.5	33
	50 km classical					DNF
Torald Rein	10 km classical					26:38.7	32
	15 km free pursuit	+02:18	32	39:24.3	41	+5:53.5	38
Peter Schlickenrieder	30 km free					1:20:08.8	35
	50 km classical					2:25:22.4	56
Torald Rein Jochen Behle Peter Schlickenrieder Johann Mühlegg	4 × 10 km relay					1:44:26.7	4

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Final
	Short program	Rank	Free skating	Total	Rank
Tanja Szewczenko	2.5	5	6.0	8.5	6
Katarina Witt	3.0	6	8.0	11.0	7

Pairs

Athlete	Final
	Short program	Rank	Free skating	Total	Rank
Anuschka Gläser Axel Rauschenbach	6.0	12	13.0	19.0	13
Peggy Schwarz Alexander König	3.5	7	8.0	11.5	7
Mandy Wötzel Ingo Steuer	4.0	8	DNF	DNF

Ice Dancing

Athlete	Final
	Compulsory dance 1	Rank	Compulsory dance 2	Rank	Original dance	Rank	Free dance	Total	Rank
Jennifer Goolsbee Hendryk Schamberger	1.8	9	1.8	9	5.4	9	9.0	18.0	9

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Klaus Weese	Moguls	22.67	23	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Birgit Keppler	Moguls	21.39	20	did not advance
Tatjana Mittermayer	Moguls	23.81	7 Q	24.43	6
Sonja Reichart	Aerials	38.00	22	did not advance
Elfie Simchen	Aerials	146.70	10 Q	136.46	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

• Team roster
  • Helmut De Raaf
  • Klaus Merk
  • Josef Heiß
  • Mirko Lüdemann
  • Torsten Kienass
  • Jörg Mayr
  • Alexander Serikow
  • Andreas Niederberger
  • Rick Amann
  • Uli Hiemer
  • Jason Meyer
  • Thomas Brandl
  • Leo Stefan
  • Bernd Truntschka
  • Raimund Hilger
  • Benoît Doucet
  • Wolfgang Kummer
  • Georg Franz
  • Dieter Hegen
  • Stefan Ustorf
  • Michael Rumrich
  • Jan Benda
  • Jörg Handrick
• Head coach: Luděk Bukač and Franz Reindl

Results

Stage	Opponent	Result	Points	Rank
Group stage	Austria	04-03
Group stage	Norway	02-01
Group stage	Czech Republic	00-01
Group stage	Russia	04-02
Group stage	Finland	01-07
Group stage		11-14	6	2
Quarterfinal	Sweden	00-03
Placement round 5-8	Slovakia	05-06
7th place match	United States	04-03		7

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Alexander Bau	Singles	51.020	51.078	50.885	51.430	3:24.413	15
Georg Hackl	Singles	50.296	50.560	50.224	50.491	3:21.571
Stefan Krauße Jan Behrendt	Doubles	48.364	48.581			1:36.945
Jens Müller	Singles	50.563	50.858	50.297	50.862	3:22.580	8
Steffen Skel Steffen Wöller	Doubles	49.217	49.091			1:38.308	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Jana Bode	Singles	50.099	49.296	49.467	49.239	3:18.101	14
Susi Erdmann	Singles	48.989	48.893	49.340	49.054	3:16.276
Gabriele Kohlisch	Singles	48.988	49.323	49.301	49.585	3:17.197	6

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round		Second round			Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank	Start	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Thomas Abratis	Individual event	99.0	26	95.0	194.0	24	+05.53	40:55.7	28	46:48.7	22
Roland Braun	Individual event	113.5	8	95.5	209.0	12	+04:13	43:17.0	48	47:30.0	35
Thomas Dufter	Individual event	108.0	10	89.5	197.5	21	+05:30	41:18.8	32	46:48.8	23
Falk Schwaar	Individual event	82.0	45	86.5	168.5	44	+08:43	40:53.8	26	49:36.8	42
Roland Braun Thomas Dufter Thomas Abratis	Team event	290.5	10	304.5	595.0	8	+11:32	1:26:53.4	9	1:38:25.4	10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Christof Duffner	Large hill	120.5	6	92.5	213.0	11
	Normal hill	110.5	29	119.0	229.5	18
Hansjörg Jäkle	Large hill	94.2	18	75.6	169.8	24
Gerd Siegmund	Normal hill	123.5	11	119.5	243.0	11
Dieter Thoma	Large hill	102.0	15	90.7	192.7	15
	Normal hill	127.5	7	133.0	260.5
Jens Weißflog	Large hill	134.1	2	140.4	274.5
	Normal hill	132.0	5	128.0	260.0	4
Jens Weißflog Dieter Thoma Hansjörg Jäkle Christof Duffner	Team large hill	486.8	1	483.3	970.1

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Peter Adeberg	500 metres	37.35	18
	1000 metres	1:14.15	13
	1500 metres	1:53.50	6
Alexander Baumgärtel	5000 metres	6:59.64	23
Frank Dittrich	5000 metres	6:52.27	8
	10000 metres	14:04.33	6
Lars Funke	500 metres	37.80	28
	1000 metres	1:15.44	28
Thomas Kumm	1500 metres	1:55.35	19
	5000 metres	7:02.18	29
Michael Spielmann	500 metres	38.58	39
	1000 metres	1:15.41	27
	1500 metres	1:55.36	20
Olaf Zinke	5000 metres	1:54.66	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Ulrike Adeberg	1500 metres	2:06.40	14
Anke Baier	500 metres	40.59	15
	1000 metres	1:20.12
	1500 metres	2:05.97	11
Monique Garbrecht	500 metres	39.95	6
	1000 metres	1:20.32	5
Angela Hauck	500 metres	40.38	12
	1000 metres	1:20.93	12
Gunda Niemann	1500 metres	2:03.41
	3000 metres	DNF
	5000 metres	7:14.88
Claudia Pechstein	3000 metres	4:18.34
	5000 metres	7:14.37
Franziska Schenk	500 metres	39.70
	1000 metres	1:20.25	4
Heike Warnicke	1500 metres	2:09.53	26
	3000 metres	4:28.43	15

References

1. Germany at the 1994 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database